Reds Report They Heeded Wife's Plea continued from page one
Mrs. Oatis fears her husband Richard Oatis, AP reporter imprisoned in Czechoslovakia since 1951, remains separated after six months of waiting for a reply to her letter. Oatis, cited as merely pursuing facts, was sentenced to 10 years for espionage in a trial deemed a sham. A year of diplomatic pressure and sanctions followed to secure his release, with Mrs. Oatis visiting Washington and receiving six letters from him, the last dated April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Gottwald
Antonin Zapotocky
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Korea
Oatis
Pankrac
U. S. State Department
West
U. S
Britain
France
Germany
Indianapolis
Foreign Desk
New York
Tne Sity Weavers Newsan
Jai Ind
Europe
Tron Curtain
Giant seven-pound mushroom lands family in hospital
In Catania Sicily Salvatore Mauro carried home the largest mushroom he had seen, weighing seven pounds and posing a potential poison risk to him his wife and their five children. A rushed hospital visit saved their lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated
Preas
Catania
Sicily
Salvatore Mauro
Hospital Notes Good Samaritan Admissions and Discharges
The record lists admissions at Good Samaritan including Peter Shelton Charles E Bruce Rufus Blagg and several others. Discharges include Ruth Stewart Pearl O Dell Wanda Shelton and infant Deborah Elaine plus additional names. Jefferson Memorial shows admissions of Mrs Alice Adams Cecil Richardson Belle Rive and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Samaritan
Peter Shelton
Charles E. Bruce
Rufus Blagg
Maude Calin
Marion
Thelma Lauris
Ruth Stewart
Pearl O'Dell
Elwanda Shelton
Deborah Elaine
Juanita Johnson
Dorothy Webb
Ewing
Ricky Lee
William Pearler
Nellie Hefley
Freda Joy
Ronda Sue
Simon Wesley Smith
Jefferson Memorial
Alice Adams
Cecil Richardson
Belle Rive
Nita Jane Shurtz
Clovis, N. M
Elsie Sharp
Keenes
Meetings Rome Cone ter No nou Order of Eastern tar
Will meet Monday at 8 p m in the Masonic Temple at Dix All members urged to attend Visiting members at Wen Ha Hawking W. M. Mery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Cone
Judge Orders Return of 1000 Dollar Bail to Bride
Federal Judge William E. Steckler in Indianapolis ordered $1000 bond forfeited by Catherine North, wife of Paul Ellis North, after he fled on auto theft charges. North, alias Wakely, has a long criminal history. She had posted the bond and faced hardship from the marriage, but the judge ruled the payment adequate. North was later arrested in Denver on another auto theft warrant and faces removal to Salt Lake City for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Indianapolis
William E. Steckler
Catherine North
Paul Ellis North
North
Wakely
Reno
New
Denver
Salt Lake City
Public sale notice in Jefferson County Illinois chancery case
Public notice in Jefferson County Illinois announces a master in chancery sale of Lot 80 in Casey and Mannen's Orchard Park Mt Vernon and other lands on June 13 1953 cash terms subject to court approval. Also a May 29 1953 sale of school township land at Belle Rive Grade School with listed parcels fixtures and equipment under trustee order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madelyn Peeples
A. D
Curtis Williams
Circuit Court
Jefferson County
Illinois
Mt. Vernon
County of Jefferson
State of Tinois
Casey and
Mannen
Orchard Park
Ilinois
King City Federal Savings and Loan Association
Court of Jefferson
County
Neil H. Thompson
First National Bank Bldg
School of Township
Belle Rive
Pevnerty
Fairplay Land
Tony Point
Harvard Refuses NCAA TV Plan Autonomy on Football
Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass, will not televise its football games soon and disapproved the NCAA football television policy. The decision follows a mass referendum in which 157 votes opposed the policy, with Harvard stating it will decide independently when and how to televise athletic events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
NCAA
Tom Bolles
Eight Canadian Airmen Die In Bomber Crash
A Royal Canadian Air Force B-25 Mitchell crashed in a water filled field near Vaudreuil after attempting three landings at Dorval in bad weather. Eight airmen aboard were killed. The plane was en route from Chatham New Brunswick to Trenton Ontario on a training flight. A board of inquiry is set up to investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Royal Canadian Air Force
Valois
Trenton
Ont
Chatham
New Bruswick
Dorval
Birth announced for Dennis Dean Shurtz in Clovis NM
Mr and Mrs Billy Dean Shurtz formerly of Mt Vernon announce the birth of their son Dennis Dean at Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Clovis NM. He weighed eight pounds eight and three fourths ounces at birth and was born at 135 am. Mrs Shurtz is the former Miss Nita Jane Piper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Dean Shurtz
Clovis
New Mexico
Mt. Vernon
Dennis Dean
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Shurtz
Nita Jane Piper
Funeral services held for Mrs Dor othy Panzer in Waltonville
Funeral services for Dorothy Panzer who died Friday May 15 at Good Samaritan hospital were held at 2 p m Monday at the Methodist church in Waltonville with Rev Marsh Harpole officiating. Burial followed at Maple Hill cemetery Lesser. She was 33. Survived by husband Ted and son Charles at home. Also survived by her parents Mr and Mrs Emra Loucks Scheller two sisters Mrs Mary Panzer Waltonville and Ruth Clay City and five brothers Carl Carson James Dean and Clifford Scheller. Body lies in state at Fry Funeral home Waltonville after 2 p m today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Panzer
Good Samaritan Hospital
Waltonville
Marsh Harpole
Maple Hill Cemetery
Lesser
Panzer
Ted
Charles
Emra Loucks
Scheller
Mary Panzer
Ruth
Funeral service for Charles Upchurch Sunday
Funeral services for Charles Upchurch who died Friday morning at his home on 1010% Tolle Road will be held Sunday at 2 p m at New Hope Primitive Baptist Church. Harrison Knight will officiate with burial in New Hope Cemetery in Hamilton County. Friends may call at Myers Chapel after 3 p m today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Upchurch
Tolle Road
New Hope Primitive Baptist Church
Harrison Knight
New Hope Cemetery
Hamilton County
Myers Chapel
Police court fines set for reckless driving and vandalism
Delbert Thompson of 212 South 12th Street was fined 105.40 for reckless driving in police court by Magistrate Allan Dulaney on Friday. Keith Tittle was fined 30.40 for breaking a front door glass at South Side Drug Store by Dulaney yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert Thompson
South 12Th Street
Allan Dulaney
Keith Tittle
South Side
Dulaney
Grade School Musical Groups To Give Concert
The elementary school band and orchestra will present a program at the Junior High school gymnasium Monday evening at 7 30 directed by Harry Dunham and W R Bender. About 40 orchestra members and about 50 band members from Mt. Vernon grade schools perform to show yearlong progress with no admission charged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Dunham
W. R. Bender
Mt. Vernon
Two Injured in Route 37 Wreck Near Kell Road
Herbert McKitrick of 333 Opdyke Claude Kelley of 905 South 12th Street and Milburn Smith of RFD 4 were hospitalized at Good Samaritan after an early morning automobile wreck on Route 37 near Kell Road. McKitrick suffered a shattered left shoulder and Kelley a broken jaw. Smith was uninjured. details of the crash remained unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert McKitrick
Opdyke
Claude Kelley
South 12Th Street
Milburn Smith
RFD 4
Good Samaritan Hospital
Kell Road
McKitrick
Kelley
Smith
Bicycle Stolen From Produce Co. Parking Lot
Henry Mannen reported his red bicycle with yellow trim stolen from the D. and M. Produce Co. parking area Friday afternoon between 1 30 and 5 30 p m. He had parked it there while attending a show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Mannen
Casey Avenue
D. & M. Produce Co
Weather Outlook for Thirty Days Mid May to Mid June
The Weather Bureau issued a 30 day outlook covering mid May through mid June. It forecasts below normal temperatures west of the Mississippi, especially over the Southern Plateau and Southern Rocky Mountains, and above normal temperatures in the eastern third of the nation, notably the Northeast. Precipitation should be above normal between the Great Divide and the Appalachians, with near normal to sub normal amounts along the Atlantic seaboard and not far from normal in the Far West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Plateau
Rocky Mountain States
Great Divide
Appalachians
Atlantic Seaboard
Granted Divorce On Cooling Off in Leeds Court
Leeds England Edna Tlingworth a 32 year old woman was granted a divorce after she testified her husband Richard 37 tied her in a cellar with hands hooked to a nail above her head and poured water over her head to cool her off in a chilling domestic accusation noted by the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Leeds
England
Edna Tllingworth
Richard
Editor urges reform of Illinois justice courts
Peoria Wisconsin reports Edward Lindsay editor of the Lindsay Schaub papers urged Illinois voters to back a proposed judicial amendment at the Illinois Press Association Convention. He argued against justice of the peace and police magistrate systems noting costs to litigants often reach 35 to 70 dollars plus fees and fees for attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Peoria
Illinois
Edward Lindsay
Lindsay-Schaub
Illinois Press Association
Lindsay
Justice of the Peace
First Quadruple Amputee Walks Free From Walter Reed
Clarence Red Mosley, 22, the Air Force's first quadruple amputee, walked on artificial legs after four days of training at Walter Reed Army Hospital. He had served as a waist gunner in Korea, flying 24 missions before his plane was shot down December 4. He visited his Paterson, New Jersey parents before returning for further stump treatments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clarence
Red) Mosley
Air Force
Walter Reed Army Hopital
Paterson
N. J
Mosley
Korea
Indian to Run For U S Senate in Montana
Crow leader Robert Yellowtail told the Senate Appropriations Committee he will run for U S Senate from Montana next year. He opposed funding for the Yellowtail Dam and said he could defeat incumbent Senator Murray, joking he might be sitting there with the lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S
Montana
Robert Yellowtail
Senate Appropriations Committee
Yellowtail
Murry
Dmont
Murray
Interviews at Benton High for welfare job openings
State Civil Service Commission and Department of Public Welfare interview applicants at Benton High School at 9 a m on May 23 for cooks, institution workers, attendants, and warders. Northern central Illinois hospitals show greatest need. Attendants at Chicago and Elgin State hospitals start $2100 yearly with $38 monthly living accommodations. A couple could earn $4200 after living costs. Male attendants needed at Dixon, Galesburg, East Moline, Manteno. Dwight warders at Women’s Reformatory start $2316.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Civil Service Commission
Department of Public Welfare
Benton High School
Illinois
Chicago
Elgin State
Dixon
Galesburg
East Moline
Manteno
Alton
Jacksonville
Kankakee
Lincoln
Peoria
Duplexing Truman Retreat In Key West Underway
Former President Harry Truman's Little White House in Key West is being converted into a duplex. Renovations will create dual residences for the families of two senior officers at the Key West Naval Base, with minimal exterior changes to the house behind the naval station gates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auodated Press
Key West
Fla
Harry Truman
Little White House
Key West Naval Base
Naval Station Gates
Jaycees Back Broyles Bills in Illinois
The Mt. Vernon Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Illinois Junior Chamber of Commerce adopt a resolution in support of the Broyles anti Communism bills. They condemn communism and back penalties for subversive acts while citing Americism programs and the Jaycee Creed as reasons for backing the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Communist Party
Illinois
Illinois Junior Chamber of Commerce
Voice of Demorcacy
Freedom Forum
Jaycee Creed
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America
Leitzail
Rockford
Sceseessen
Moline
Peoria So
Quincy Rantoul Pert
Vandalia Springfield
Scott Field
Mt. Vernon Ae
Master IN Chancery
Sfanses
State OF Illinois
County of
Jefferson
Ilinois Everett E. Peeples
Mrs
Ted Panzer
Morris
Lumber Department
Southern
King City Lumber CO
Casey Ave
Pollock Lumber.Co
Vernon, Illinois
Alwaye
Justice of the Peace Courts
U.S. Senate
Hollywood Style Shop
Green Hills Country Club
Benton High
Women’s Reformatory
Dwight
Truman
Jaycees
Broyles
Mllinois Junior Chamber of Commerce
Curtis - Florist
Ernest Pittman
Purchase & Room Modern
Jordan
Charles L. Wood
Wayne City
Pittman
Mt. Vernon Car Manufacturing Company
Wood
Virgil T. Bailey
MT. Vernon Monument CO
Salem Road
Square
Terry L. Egbert
Charles D. Jennings
The
Central-Southern Illinois Life Underwriters Ass'n, Inc
Raymond Atchison
Ernest M. Dares
Dennis Leland B. Elliott
A. Paul Fellinger
MI. Vernon
Glen A. Osborn
Henry Simmons
Roy L. Simpson
Joseph K. Snider
Robert H. Wlecke
Rational Association OF Life Underwriters, Inc
Lliwoes State Ass'n OF Life Underwriters, Inc
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